What motivates people to organize communal living themselves? What ideals are behind it, how do they finance themselves, and how does life in a community work? Based on six self-managed residential buildings in Austria from the past 40 years, the documentary film "Der Stoff, aus dem Träume sind" (The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of) sets out to find answers. Filmmakers Lotte Schreiber and Michael Rieper tell these six stories by staying very close to the protagonists.

With a history of intrigue, romance, opera, festivals, old world grandeur, Austrians blend tradition...

Documentary glimpses from Alt & Neu (Teuchtler) record store, where love for cinema and music unite ...
A documentary produced by the French armed forces which chronicles the way of France’s “1ere armée” ...

Brazilian architecture in the 20th century influenced generations of architects worldwide. But there...

A documentary that exposes the shocking truths behind industrial food production and food wastage, f...

A poet among architects and an innovator among educators, John Hejduk converses with poet David Shap...

This film is a portrait of unique cultural space for Spirits, Gods and People. While permanent theat...

Big Time gets up close with Danish architectural prodigy Bjarke Ingels over a period of six years wh...

The British architect based in Stockholm looks back on major projects of a long career inspired by E...

Minimalist documentary by Rax Rinnekangas about the wooden cottage "La Cabanon" designed and built i...

Documentary devoted to the architectural and urban planning designs of Le Corbusier. The architect s...

A portrait of the internationally acclaimed Japanese architect who employs Buddhist ideas and wester...

A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the partic...
Words are loaded with meaning. Certain ones conjure joyful memories and others remind us of less hap...

Berlin’s brutalist heritage is under fire. The city’s powerful Charité hospital wants to destroy a b...